The recipe as such gives the desired taste. Therefore there is no point of changing it.If you want to make a different kind of dish, you can play with the amounts or change the ingredients as you like:)

Hi BinnurI love your book! It has made cooking for my Turkish husband SO much easier (I am Canadian, and also unskilled in the kitchen!)I can not buy chickpeas in a can where I live. I can however, buy them dried. If I soak them overnight, will that be okay for this dish, or should I cook them for a while before adding them?